OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Soft Robotics is 20. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Octopus Arm-Inspired Tapered Soft Actuators with Suckers for Improved Grasping	190
Toward a Common Framework and Database of Materials for Soft Robotics	174
Fully Wearable Actuated Soft Exoskeleton for Grasping Assistance in Everyday Activities	121
Soft Rod-Climbing Robot Inspired by Winding Locomotion of Snake	115
A Wearable Soft Haptic Communicator Based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuators	103
Novel Bending and Helical Extensile/Contractile Pneumatic Artificial Muscles Inspired by Elephant Trunk	97
Design, Modeling, and Evaluation of Fabric-Based Pneumatic Actuators for Soft Wearable Assistive Gloves	87
Soft Robots for Ocean Exploration and Offshore Operations: A Perspective	80
An Origami Continuum Robot Capable of Precise Motion Through Torsionally Stiff Body and Smooth Inverse Kinematics	74
A Machine-Learning-Based Approach to Solve Both Contact Location and Force in Soft Material Tactile Sensors	68
MagWorm: A Biomimetic Magnet Embedded Worm-Like Soft Robot	67
Harnessing the Multistability of Kresling Origami for Reconfigurable Articulation in Soft Robotic Arms	66
Adaptive Variable Stiffness Particle Phalange for Robust and Durable Robotic Grasping	66
Pneumatically Actuated Soft Gripper with Bistable Structures	62
Variable Stiffness Devices Using Fiber Jamming for Application in Soft Robotics and Wearable Haptics	61
Swimming Performance of the Frog-Inspired Soft Robot	61
Additive Manufacturing for Self-Healing Soft Robots	58
Laser-Profiled Continuum Robot with Integrated Tension Sensing for Simultaneous Shape and Tip Force Estimation	56
Twisted-and-Coiled Actuators with Free Strokes Enable Soft Robots with Programmable Motions	56
Patient-Specific Magnetic Catheters for Atraumatic Autonomous Endoscopy	55
Multimode Grasping Soft Gripper Achieved by Layer Jamming Structure and Tendon-Driven Mechanism	53
Fiber Jamming Transition as a Stiffening Mechanism for Soft Robotics	52
Tensegrity Robotics	52
Circular Shell Gripper for Handling Food Products	51
A Super-Lightweight and Soft Manipulator Driven by Dielectric Elastomers	51

Modal-Based Kinematics and Contact Detection of Soft Robots	50
Analytical Modeling and Design of Generalized Pneu-Net Soft Actuators with Three-Dimensional Deformations	49
Soft Humanoid Hands with Large Grasping Force Enabled by Flexible Hybrid Pneumatic Actuators	48
Unfolding Textile-Based Pneumatic Actuators for Wearable Applications	45
Untethered Soft Robotics with Fully Integrated Wireless Sensing and Actuating Systems for Somatosensory and Respiratory Functions	43
A Layer Jamming Actuator for Tunable Stiffness and Shape-Changing Devices	43
An Underwater Robotic Manipulator with Soft Bladders and Compact Depth-Independent Actuation	43
Texture Discrimination with a Soft Biomimetic Finger Using a Flexible Neuromorphic Tactile Sensor Array That Provides Sensory Feedback	41
Lightweight Highly Tunable Jamming-Based Composites	39
LM-Jelly: Liquid Metal Enabled Biomimetic Robotic Jellyfish	39
Toward Task Autonomy in Robotic Cardiac Ablation: Learning-Based Kinematic Control of Soft Tendon-Driven Catheters	37
Recent Progress of Soft Electrothermal Actuators	37
Pneumatic Supply System Parameter Optimization for Soft Actuators	36
A Snake-Inspired Layer-Driven Continuum Robot	36
Soft Actuators Based on Liquid–Vapor Phase Change Composites	36
3D Printed Biomimetic Soft Robot with Multimodal Locomotion and Multifunctionality	35
Photoresponsive Hydrogel Microcrawlers Exploit Friction Hysteresis to Crawl by Reciprocal Actuation	35
An Exoneuromusculoskeleton for Self-Help Upper Limb Rehabilitation After Stroke	35
Characteristic Analysis and Design Optimization of Bubble Artificial Muscles	35
Optimal Design of a Compliant Constant-Force Mechanism to Deliver a Nearly Constant Output Force Over a Range of Input Displacements	34
SoGut: A Soft Robotic Gastric Simulator	34
A Bioinspired Soft Swallowing Gripper for Universal Adaptable Grasping	33
Global Vision-Based Formation Control of Soft Robotic Fish Swarm	33
3D Printing Microactuators for Soft Microrobots	32
A Human-Inspired Soft Finger with Dual-Mode Morphing Enabled by Variable Stiffness Mechanism	32
Design and Development of a Growing Pneumatic Soft Robot	32
Position and Force Control of a Soft Pneumatic Actuator	32
Scaling Up Soft Robotics: A Meter-Scale, Modular, and Reconfigurable Soft Robotic System	32
A Bioinspired Soft Swallowing Robot Based on Compliant Guiding Structure	31
Pneumatically Controlled Reconfigurable Bistable Bionic Flower for Robotic Gripper	31
A Wearable Textile-Embedded Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Haptic Display	31
Soft Miniaturized Actuation and Sensing Units for Dynamic Force Control of Cardiac Ablation Catheters	31
Stiffness-Tunable Soft Gripper with Soft-Rigid Hybrid Actuation for Versatile Manipulations	31
Twisting and Braiding Fluid-Driven Soft Artificial Muscle Fibers for Robotic Applications	31
Compliant, Large-Strain, and Self-Sensing Twisted String Actuators	30
An Untethered Soft Robot Based on Liquid Crystal Elastomers	29
An Analysis of Peristaltic Locomotion for Maximizing Velocity or Minimizing Cost of Transport of Earthworm-Like Robots	28
Limpet II: A Modular, Untethered Soft Robot	28
A Shapeshifting Ferrofluidic Robot	28
Fast Thermal Actuators for Soft Robotics	27
Stiffness Preprogrammable Soft Bending Pneumatic Actuators for High-Efficient, Conformal Operation	27
Geometric Confined Pneumatic Soft–Rigid Hybrid Actuators	27
Anguilliform Swimming Performance of an Eel-Inspired Soft Robot	27
Flexible Manipulator with Low-Melting-Point Alloy Actuation and Variable Stiffness	27
Continuum Robotic Caterpillar with Wirelessly Powered Shape Memory Alloy Actuators	26
Tendon-Driven Jamming Mechanism for Configurable Variable Stiffness	25
Robust Multimodal Indirect Sensing for Soft Robots Via Neural Network-Aided Filter-Based Estimation	25
Bio-Inspired Transparent Soft Jellyfish Robot	25
One-Shot 3D-Printed Multimaterial Soft Robotic Jamming Grippers	25
Optical Sensor-Embedded Pneumatic Artificial Muscle for Position and Force Estimation	25

Versatile Soft Robot Gripper Enabled by Stiffness and Adhesion Tuning via Thermoplastic Composite	24
Force Control of a 3D Printed Soft Gripper with Built-In Pneumatic Touch Sensing Chambers	24
Bioinspired High-Degrees of Freedom Soft Robotic Glove for Restoring Versatile and Comfortable Manipulation	24
Soft, Wearable, and Pleated Pneumatic Interference Actuator Provides Knee Extension Torque for Sit-to-Stand	24
Tactile Model O: Fabrication and Testing of a 3D-Printed, Three-Fingered Tactile Robot Hand	24
A Soft Exoskeleton for Tremor Suppression Equipped with Flexible Semiactive Actuator	23
Inflatable Particle-Jammed Robotic Gripper Based on Integration of Positive Pressure and Partial Filling	23
A Soft Robot for Peripheral Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy	22
Fluid Mechanics of Pneumatic Soft Robots	22
Origami Spring-Inspired Shape Morphing for Flexible Robotics	22
Flexible Capacitive Curvature Sensor with One-Time Calibration for Amphibious Gait Monitoring	22
Single-Actuator Soft Robot for In-Pipe Crawling	22
Bioinspired Multimodal Multipose Hybrid Fingers for Wide-Range Force, Compliant, and Stable Grasping	21
Flexoskeleton Printing Enables Versatile Fabrication of Hybrid Soft and Rigid Robots	21
Electrically Activated Soft Robots: Speed Up by Rolling	21
Design and Fabrication of a Low-Cost Silicone and Water-Based Soft Actuator with a High Load-to-Weight Ratio	21
Low-Voltage-Driven Large-Amplitude Soft Actuators Based on Phase Transition	21
Facile Analytical Extraction of the Hyperelastic Constants for the Two-Parameter Mooney–Rivlin Model from Experiments on Soft Polymers	20
Leaf-Like Origami with Bistability for Self-Adaptive Grasping Motions	20
Bone-Inspired Bending Soft Robot	20
Origami-Inspired Soft Twisting Actuator	20